South Africa | African State Architecture

Lesotho

Buildings that have helped shape Lesotho’s political history include:

· The Old Parliament Building, City Centre, Maseru

· The National University of Lesotho campus, Roma

· Manthabiseng Convention Centre, Maseru

· The New Parliament Building, Mpilo Hill, Maseru

Feb 16, 20234 min read

Modern parliamentary facilities enhance work of African legislatures

China has been donating parliament buildings to African countries that do not yet have purpose-built facilities of their own. However, to...

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Nov 26, 20212 min read

Batsani-Ncube conducts archival research on African sport governance architecture in Switzerland.

ASA Doctoral Researcher, Innocent Batsani-Ncube recently conducted a week-long archival research on the Confederation of African Football...

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Oct 22, 20212 min read

New book on Politics and Architecture

The ASA team is delighted to have signed a contract with James Currey for a new book, Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living...

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Oct 13, 20202 min read

[Video] Architecture and politics in Africa: making, living & imagining identities through buildings

Researchers, architects and students from Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Germany, Switzerland the UK and US attended ASA’s...

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Jan 1, 20181 min read

Old Parliament building, Maseru

The old parliament building was constructed in 1909 for the Basutoland National Council (BNC), a forerunner of Lesotho’s contemporary...

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Jan 1, 20181 min read

National University of Lesotho (NUL) campus in Roma

The National University of Lesotho (NUL) campus in Roma was estabished by the Roman Catholic Church as Lesotho’s first tertiary education...

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Jan 1, 20181 min read

Manthabiseng Convention Centre, Maseru

Manthabiseng National Convention Centre, opened in 1997 is the first State building to be funded, constructed and donated to Lesotho by...

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Jan 1, 20181 min read

The New Parliament Building, Mpilo Hill, Maseru

Lesotho’s Chinese-funded and constructed parliament building is located on Mpilo Hill in Maseru. Designed by China Northeast...

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